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I wrote about something I've been pondering for awhile: whether organized religion will end up becoming the last resort of authentic humanism in the face of the technological changes we now see almost daily. Link below

Called it in UnHerd over a year ago. The tell was with his positioning over NATO. unherd.com/newsroom/trump…

This was literally Obama’s pitch for how he was better than Bush. “Don’t do stupid shit” was the Obama Doctrine.

This by Stephen G. Adubato is a very good read counteracting popular potted histories of the AIDS epidemic. ACT UP wasn't really heroic and conservative Catholics weren't really the baddies, actually. compactmag.com/article/the-lo…

Medal of Honor Fell for It Again recipient Geoff “Captive Dreamer” Martin

The woke won’t let you do regime change

Ladies and gentlemen, the party of the working class!

“Wars are notorious for sucking in statesmen who swear they don’t want to be sucked in.” Christopher Caldwell on Trump’s dangerous game in Iran. You’ll want to subscribe to read this one if you don’t already: compactmag.com/article/how-wa…

I don't think it's worth being ashamed or fearful. I think it's easily explainable: He is running against Cuomo. He is running a smart campaign targeting typically inactive voters. He is out in the streets. He is centering his popular policy positions and not his unpopular ones.

"You can eliminate a tariff more easily than you can unbomb a country. This time the Dogs of War will get a vote." Masterpiece essay by the inimitable Chris Caldwell. compactmag.com/article/how-wa…

One of the most important essays you will read all year—we’re grateful to have received permission to re-publish this little known essay by René Girard in the Cluny Journal. Enjoy.

“Elimination of Iran’s nuclear program.” If you have to lie to declare your historic victory, maybe it’s not quite so historic.

Kayfabe foreign policy with Iranian, Israeli and US ruling classes managing violence between their respective nations, careful to escalate just enough to keep domestic populations in line. Really shows the legitimacy crisis all states are facing in the midst of the chaotic 20s

Another good day for my main man

America's Exploding Debt Bomb The rising yield on long-term bonds spells big trouble for the US dollar My latest for COMPACT compactmag.com/article/americ…

Watching America First degrade into neoconservativism in real time is fascinating.

The problem with the centrist "pro-democracy" movement in general is that it fails to understand what democracy actually entails. Not top-down management but real economic freedom & agency.

I find the libertarian market-maximalist "socialism just doesn't work #provenfacts" criticism of Mamdani falls very flat. There's a reason NYC with its gigantic Robert Moses-sized municipal state is a world city and ultra-deregulated Houston and LV aren't. The stronger criticism